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PROBLEM SOLVING TEST

Category (A)

1. The drawings show a sheet of paper which has been folded. The dashed lines indicates the whole sheet, each drawing represent a single fold. The black square shows where a hole was punched. Where do the holes appear when the sheet is unfolded?

A 3A,2A,6D

B 3A,5A,6D

C 3A,5A,3D

D 3A,2A,6C

2. Which option has been taken from the same column as the key?

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5. Which figure completes the statement?

Category (B)

6. Helpers are needed to prepare for the fete. Each helper can make either 2 large cakes or 35 small cakes per hour. The Kitchen is available for 3 hours and 20 large cakes and 700 small cakes are needed. How many helpers are required? A 10 B 15 C 20 D 25 E 30

7. Half the people on a bus get off at each stop after the first, and no one gets on after the first stop. If only one person gets off at stop number 7, how many people got on at the first stop? A 128 B 64 C 32 D 16 E 8

8. The cost of a flat in Spain is 1000 Euros per square meter, with a separate charge of 20,000 euros per garage parking space. In addition, there is a 2% up charge per square meter per floor above the 5th floor, due to the benefit of less street noise. Calculate the cost of a 140 m2 flat on the 8th floor that has 2 garage spaces. A 148,400 € B 190,800 € C 188,400 € D 180,000 € E Not given

9. Your MP-3 player will hold all of the songs from 5 of your favorite CDs. If you leave the songs grouped by CD, how many different orders can you arrange the 5 CD sets on your player? A 60 B 120 C 180 D 240 E Not given

10. 6 people meet for a business lunch. Each person shakes hands once with each other person present. How many handshakes take place? A 30 B 21 C 18 D 15 E 10

11. A machine puts c caps on bottles in m minutes. How many hours will it take to put caps on b bottles? A 60bm/c B bm/60c C bm/c D 60b/cm E b/60cm

12. Samia works 8 hours per day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 6 hours per day on Tuesday...